The UK telecom market is much more regulated that the US. You see the same wherever there is very loose regulation - getting the companies to improve their service is almost impossible.
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > It seems that companies everywhere but in the US can afford to upgrade > their services to provide true broadband ;-) > > If you're one of Virgin Media's top-tier internet customers, you may soon > see your service getting a little speedier. The Branson-backed company is > boosting its top speed from 100Mbps to 120Mbps, thanks to a £110 million > ($169 million) infrastructure > investment<http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/virgin-media-to-double-broadband-speeds-this-year-bt-smirks/>. > The majority of the network -- around 60 percent -- has yet to be > supercharged, but you can use the coverage checker linked below to see if > you're in-line for an early Christmas present from Sir > Richard<http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/30/virgin-water-purification-richard-branson/> > . > > Here in Trinidad we can get 100Mbps across the island from one specific > provider, but the 25Mbps package that I have does the job currently ^_^ > > It's a shame that with all that bandwidth we still don't have access to > HULU , VUDU, or many of the other content websites so we can actually USE > our connections though. Blah! :-\ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355835 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
